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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen speaks at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters, Friday, July 6, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Feds slap sanctions on Burma, Laos for refusing deportations

The Trump administration said Tuesday it has stopped issuing visas to some government officials and their families from Myanmar and Laos, in a move designed to punish both countries for failing to cooperate in taking back their deportees.

July 10, 2018
In this photo taken on Sunday, June 17, 2018 provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas. As NATO allies convene, one issue not on their formal agenda but never far from their thoughts is immigration, even though illegal border crossings are decreasing on both sides of the Atlantic. The separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border and Italy’s refusal to let shipwrecked migrants disembark in its ports illustrate the hardening positions on border control in Washington and European capitals. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP)

Feds on track to reunite 54 of 102 illegal immigrant families

The government will miss Tuesday's deadline for reuniting dozens of young illegal immigrant children with their parents, a Justice Department lawyer said Monday -- though the judge who put himself in charge of overseeing the process said that still marks solid "progress."

July 9, 2018
In this Monday, June 25, 2018 file photo, a mother migrating from Honduras holds her 1-year-old child as surrendering to U.S. Border Patrol agents after illegally crossing the border, near McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Feds to miss reunification deadline for about half of border families

The government will miss Tuesday's deadline for reuniting dozens of young immigrant children with their parents, a Justice Department lawyer said Monday -- though the judge who put himself in charge of overseeing the process said there was still solid "progress."

July 9, 2018
Immigrant families lined up to enter the central bus station after they were processed and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection last month in McAllen, Texas. (Associated Press/File)

Zero-tolerance policy fails to stop migrant family surge

Migrant families continued to pour across the U.S.-Mexico border in June, according to the latest numbers, a signal that the government's threat to jail parents and separate them from their children didn't stop them from making the attempt.

July 8, 2018